Gravity - Part 1

[redhawk23]

http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt140129alfonso_cuaron_gravi

Radio interview with Alfonso Cuaron.

Interview given by Elvis Mitchell who is one of my favorite journalists/interviewers when it comes to film.

Cuaron talks about Gravity, his intent for it and advice given to him by Guillermo del Toro.

 

[Octoberist]

Image if he said something like this in the interview:

"With Gravity, it was only the first step. My dear friend JJ asked and me and I gladly accepted. My next movie is Star Wars Episode 8!"

Just image!

 

[Spider-Fan]

To me it is much more than a simple survival story, I see great metaphores, themes and thought-provoking all over it. It's that, in combination with the thrilling and scary, more visceral qualities that makes it a masterpiece in my mind. And how much of it is achieved purely visually.

100% agreed. While the film at its core is about 1 woman's struggle to survive an impossible situation, Gravity refers to more than just the force which keeps you from drifting into space. It refers to your burdens. In Bullock's case, she didn't know what to live for, and it is only when she faces her own inner demons does she find something to live and continue fighting for. The film also showcases plenty of religious iconography and points.

It's about much more than surviving in space.

 

[dark_b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm3FYp4hdI

 

[Raiden]

When will 3D blu ray be out?

 

[Snow Queen]

When will 3D blu ray be out?

Tuesday.

 

[Destructus86]

Sad that Gravity isn't available to rent on Vudu in 3D... :/

 

[Red Mask]

The Saturn Awards has nominated this film for Best Science Fiction film. Exactly what elements in that film are really science fiction? The technology wasn't so fictitious, nor was the situation.

 

[dark_b]

in 2014 scifi means cgi effects. to bad.

 

[Ipodman]

Just watched this movie... absolutely fantastic. I liked that it was relatively short for such a movie. (90 mins?)

 

[Red Mask]

in 2014 scifi means cgi effects. to bad.

But that would make the racing car movie 'Rush' a sci-fi film too. Any period based film that uses cgi to assimilate historical appearances, i.e. World War 2, would then become science fiction.

 

[Teelie]

The Saturn Awards has nominated this film for Best Science Fiction film. Exactly what elements in that film are really science fiction? The technology wasn't so fictitious, nor was the situation.

It's what is called "hard science fiction" in that while it's as realistic and accurate as possible, it's still fictional and some of what happened in the movie is impossible in reality. Several NASA scientists and other literal rocket scientists have pointed out inconsistencies and impossibilities in the movie but it's otherwise believable in most ways. It's still fiction though.

 

[redhawk23]

It's what is called "hard science fiction" in that while it's as realistic and accurate as possible, it's still fictional and some of what happened in the movie is impossible in reality. Several NASA scientists and other literal rocket scientists have pointed out inconsistencies and impossibilities in the movie but it's otherwise believable in most ways. It's still fiction though.

He's not saying its not fiction, just that its not really science fiction.

Its fictional but its not speculative at all. The ISS is a real existing location and the Shuttle program is years in the past. Its no more science fiction than a story about a train wreck in Kansas.

 

[Snow Queen]

EDIT: Never mind.

 

[Dr.]

He's not saying its not fiction, just that its not really science fiction.

Fiction within a hard science milieu.

 

[spider-neil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm3FYp4hdI

Stunning. Will buy the blu ray and watch the making of and then sell it on.

 

[Red Mask]

Fiction within a hard science milieu.

The Saturn Awards is for science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Gravity is competing with:

• Ender's Game
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Pacific Rim
• Riddick
• Star Trek into Darkness

Really?

 

[Octoberist]

Why complain? Who cares? Is Gravity too good for the Saturn awards?

Also, I would add that the side story with Russians shooting their own satellite is completely over-the-top that it's very fictional.

 

[dark_b]

but its not scifi.

 

[Dr.]

The Saturn Awards is for science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Gravity is competing with:

• Ender's Game
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Pacific Rim
• Riddick
• Star Trek into Darkness

Really?

Action/adventure might have been the better category. This was where Apollo 13 ended up for its Saturn nomination (it didn’t win).

 

[redhawk23]

Why complain? Who cares? Is Gravity too good for the Saturn awards?

Also, I would add that the side story with Russians shooting their own satellite is completely over-the-top that it's very fictional.

How so? The United States shot down one of their own spy satellites a few years ago. There was a big stink over it.

The mission was called Operation Burnt Frost which is straight out of James Bond territory.

 

[Octoberist]

And then in Gravity 2, the Russian can blowup Redhawk23 riding Godzilla.

 

[Red Mask]

Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys was also a Saturn nominee for best sci-fi. I wonder if that group is too detached from what 's happening in real science.

 

[jmc]

It's what is called "hard science fiction" in that while it's as realistic and accurate as possible, it's still fictional and some of what happened in the movie is impossible in reality. Several NASA scientists and other literal rocket scientists have pointed out inconsistencies and impossibilities in the movie but it's otherwise believable in most ways. It's still fiction though.

It's more what I'd call 'Science Drama'. Science Fiction really is more about aliens and technologies that don't exist.

 

[Boom]

I finally had a chance to see this movie after having the Blu-Ray for a week.

This is hands-down some of the best directing I've ever seen. Cuaron needs to win tonight. In fact, I am firmly onboard the "Gravity for Best Picture" train. Mesmerizing, visceral, emotional, and genuinely terrifying. I love this film.